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Analysis: BoA, Chase and Wells Fargo Launch P2P Joint Venture

Posted by Margaret Weichert on 25 May 2011 | 5 Comments

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Despite the challenges faced by previous payments consortia (think Spectrum, Pariter and ISIS), many continue to believe that partnership and “co-opetition” are the best ways to compete in emerging payments markets, like online and mobile payments. On Wednesday, May 25, 2011, another formidable group – Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo – announced the launch of the joint venture clearXchange, which will enable their customers to move money using a mobile number or e-mail address. This announcement came a day before Google’s unveiling of their latest payment partnership with MasterCard and Citigroup, focused on mobile point-of-sale payments.

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Why the MasterCard and Visa IPOs Were the Most Significant Development of the Last Decade

Posted by David S. Evans on 4 January 2010 | 3 Comments

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Why the MasterCard and Visa IPOs Were the Most Significant Development of the Last Decade

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Collateral Damage from the Financial Crisis: Consolidation and Regulation

Posted by David S. Evans on 16 December 2009 | 1 Comments

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The decade ended with the start of the most severe financial crisis the world has faced since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In many respects the payments industry was rock solid during the meltdown. The payment systems processed transactions without losing a beat. While consumers faced a real risk that they would find their retirement accounts dry, and not a banker in town would be willing to give them a loan, they had full confidence that they could pay merchants with any tender type that merchant usually took. Pure payments companies such as MasterCard and Visa not surprisingly held their value while most other stocks crashed.

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The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #12 AmEx Goes Global

Posted by David S. Evans on 14 December 2009 | 0 Comments

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The payments industry had quite a decade. In a few days we will be saying goodbye to the first decade of the 21st century. What better time to take a look at the events that have shaken up the payments industry since 2000. Back at the turn of the century MasterCard and Visa were bank-owned associations, knee deep in litigation. Debit cards were growing rapidly and online was still a scary frontier with security concerns and fraud. People weren't paying for anything with a mobile phone and contactless payment was still something only used in exotic locales like Hong Kong.

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